Early Modern Irish

Early Modern Irish (Irish: Gaeilge Chlasaiceach, lit. 'Classical Irish') represented a transition between Middle Irish and Modern Irish.[1] Its literary form, Classical Gaelic, was used in Ireland and Scotland from the 13th to the 18th century.[2][3]

It has been suggested that Classical Gaelic be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since January 2023.

Early Modern Irish
Early Modern Gaelic
Gaoidhealg
fol. 170r of the Book of Ballymote (1390), the Auraicept na n-Éces explaining the Ogham script.
Native to	Scotland, Ireland
Era	13th to 18th century
Language family	Indo-European Celtic Insular Celtic Goidelic Early Modern Irish
Early forms	Primitive Irish Old Irish Middle Irish
Standard forms	Classical Gaelic
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ghc`
Glottolog	`hibe1235`

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